1 October 2026 · precision: hour · Meshalokiya, Addis Ababa

Reported blast at a military location in Meshalokiya, Addis Ababa

A second reported blast location in Addis Ababa on the night of 1 October, at a military site in the Meshalokiya area. Kept as a separate record from the Torhailoch report because the two are separate reported impact sites; they may later be merged if they prove to be one event.

Claim

15204555809599 ← ruled out established →

Blasts were heard at a military camp in the Meshalokiya area of Addis Ababa around 1am EAT on 1 October.ACLED (Dr Jalale Getachew Birru, East Africa Senior Analyst)

likely

Assessments

Claim by claim

Blasts were heard at a military camp in the Meshalokiya area of Addis Ababa around 1am EAT on 1 October.

Claimed by ACLED (Dr Jalale Getachew Birru, East Africa Senior Analyst) · source rating B2

likely 55–80%

Carried at the same confidence as the Torhailoch report, from the same relayed ACLED placement. The coordinates here are a placeholder for the general area and should not be read as a located impact site.

What we checked, and what a blank result means

No independent check has been run. The location precision is 'region'; we have not geolocated anything.

What would change our mind

Finding the ACLED entry and seeing a different location or a lower ACLED confidence marker. Conversely, a geolocated video or an official acknowledgement would raise it and sharpen the location.

Sources

Everything this rests on

research — ACLED expert comment, 'Blasts in Addis Ababa signal dangerous new phase in Ethiopia's conflict', attributed to Dr Jalale Getachew Birru, East Africa Senior Analyst. States that on 1 October blasts were heard around 1am EAT near the headquar archived copy